(JNS) — Israeli-American astrophysicist believes he may have found alien life.

The purported discovery took place more than a mile underwater near Papua New Guinea.

Those in search of aliens from other planets would typically look to the stars. But one high-level academic who happens to have a $100 million budget opted to look into the depths of the ocean to uncover what he reported earlier this month may be key discoveries.

Avi Loeb, 61, who chaired Harvard University’s astrophysics department from 2011 to 2020, recently led a $1.5 million expedition to research a meteor, dubbed “...